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Concrete D-Day platforms could carry limited guns

Some D-Day concrete platforms carried guns, while their usefulness for large weapons remains uncertain.

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Question

Could the Allies use concrete D-Day breakwaters as gun platforms?

Short answer

Some platforms already carried guns. Their usefulness for large weapons is left uncertain.

Notes

Some of the concrete platforms associated with the D-Day landings already carried guns. Larger weapons would extend that use, but their utility is left uncertain. No particular heavy battery or engineering reason for the limitation is identified.